Which has higher number of infant deaths, Cameroon or China?

Cameroon, at 38,551 deaths against 36,113 deaths in China as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Cameroon and China?

2,438 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and China?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs China: Number of infant deaths

Cameroon

38,551 deaths

in 2024

China

36,113 deaths

in 2024

Cameroon rank

24th

China rank

25th

Number of infant deaths over time

Cameroon
China

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 38,551 deaths against 36,113 deaths in China, a difference of 2,438 deaths.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was China ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and China ranks 25th of 199 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	China	Difference	Ahead
1970s	37,302 deaths	1.73 million deaths	1.69 million deaths	China
1980s	39,014 deaths	1.06 million deaths	1.02 million deaths	China
1990s	44,825 deaths	801,074 deaths	756,249 deaths	China
2000s	49,962 deaths	351,831 deaths	301,869 deaths	China
2010s	45,466 deaths	157,741 deaths	112,274 deaths	China
2020s	40,049 deaths	50,711 deaths	10,662 deaths	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Cameroon or China?: Cameroon, at 38,551 deaths against 36,113 deaths in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Cameroon and China?: 2,438 deaths, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and China?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and China rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Cameroon ranks 24th and China ranks 25th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .